Integrated and coordinated critical services to reduce health risk and underline causes of under nutrition within refugee and host communities in cox’s bazar (ECHO/ Action Against Hunger (ACF))

Name of Client/Partner

ECHO/ Action Against Hunger (ACF)

Period of Contract

01 August 2021 to 31 March 2022

Assignment/Project:

Integrated and coordinated critical services to reduce health risk and underline causes of under nutrition within refugee and host communities in cox's bazar

Contract Amount

BDT 8,958,743

Location of service/Country

Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh

Scope, Activities and Summary Results

Scope:

 

To provide integrated, lifesaving and life-sustaining services for refugees and host community populations that reduce mortality and morbidity associated with under nutrition

 

Activities:

  • Project staff will be given training on planning, accounting, public procurement and contract management, monitoring of activities and reporting.
  • Project staff and volunteers will be given formal training with necessary tools and IEC/BCC materials and they will do the community mobilization 
  • Project staff will be trained on community mobilization, awareness on COVID-19 and water and sanitation. These staff will further orient volunteers to facilitate and assist closely to the community.
  • About 8,000 people will receive hands on orientation from project staff and volunteers on COVID-19, WSP and hygiene sanitation issues. 
  • In areas where other projects/actors are engaged to work on similar objectives, HYSAWA will go for strategic partnership with those actors for a complementary approach to avoid duplication.
  • HYSAWA primarily aims to fund O & M of 100 water points, 20 latrines, 20 garbage bins and 30 drainage systems. It also includes new construction of 08 communal latrines, desludging of 20 latrines, distribution of 800 MHM kits and water quality testing of 100 water points. Necessary numbers of hygiene sessions will be done. 
  • New construction of latrine and bathing place
  • Installation of safe water points 
  • Water quality testing
  • Construction of garbage bin
  • Training on O & M of latrine and water point
  • Hygiene promotion session
  • Distribution of Hygiene kits and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) kits

 

Summary results:

 

Project started in August 2021. Staff recruitment completed, Assessment and design activities ongoing.